This familiar woman is none other than Yan Shujia, a golden elixir monk from Qi State.
The discussion between Qi State and Yufeng Sect when they entered the valley made this proud girl of heaven and Mu Qianxue the focus of attention of many monks present. Now, she is trapped in a place after unknown changes.
On top of the thick stone pillar surrounding the two of them, the whole body was covered in layers of black stone, extending to the chest. Only the scarred and blood-stained head and neck were exposed, but it seemed that there was still breath left.
This palace should not have been formed for a long time, and Yan Shujia should not be trapped here for too long. Jiang Feng looked around and found a storage bag with exquisite patterns next to the stone pillar. It should be Yan Shujia's.
Best of all.
In other words, what did she do after taking out the storage bag to get trapped here? Considering the various furnishings here, the biggest suspicion is the array that is suspected of having a teleportation function.
It seemed that he had to be careful. Just as Jiang Feng was about to leave, another figure rushed in. With the convenience of observing the shadow in the darkness, he discovered that the person who came was Zhou Zhenglian, the foundation-building monk of Tianli Sect.
Zhou Zhenglian, like Jiang Feng, carefully inspected this place and found not only the teleportation array but also Yan Shujia. He pinched Yan Shujia's round and bloody face and slapped her twice. Seeing that her eyes were wandering,
After waking up a little, he asked:
"What do you know?"
"Danger." Yan Shujia subconsciously said only two words, and then lowered his head. Zhou Zhenglian took out a handful of pills, picked through them, found a red pill, and stuffed it into Yan Shujia's mouth.
Soon, Yan Shujia woke up again, but her mental state was even more depressed.
"How to leave? Have you found a way?"
"You...can save me?"
"I am a cultivator of the Tianli Sect, and I am also the righteous source of the Taoist sect. I will naturally save you, but you have to tell me everything you know." Zhou Zhenglian patted the black stone covering Yan Shujia's body, and the black stone stuck tighter.
This caused even more intense pain, and Yan Shujia's spirit suddenly improved.
"There are spiritual stones... in my storage bag. Let me go first, and I'll leave with you..."
"Okay! It's a deal!"
Zhou Zhenglian picked up the storage bag on the ground, and the light of three talismans lit up in his hand. He violently broke the soul mark on the storage bag, and poured out all the sundries in the storage bag. This storage bag
There were many items in the bag, including seven or eight magic weapons, a small pile of spiritual stones, and a cloth bag, which contained at least fifty third-level items.
Um?
A gleam flashed in Zhou Zhenglian's eyes. Under Yan Shujia's unwilling gaze, he put all the things in his storage bag, leaving only a handful of third-level spiritual stones. He walked straight to the teleportation platform. He looked around and found three
The stone pillar was the closest to the teleportation platform. In order to avoid accidents, he used brute force to quickly clear away the three stone pillars, and then embedded six third-level spiritual stones into the hexagons of the teleportation platform.
Blue light suddenly filled the entire teleportation platform, and a blue door two people high suddenly appeared on the altar, leading to nowhere.
"You promise to save me..." Yan Shujia's weak voice came again.
"Childish! You told me to use the spirit stone, would I still ask for help from a loser like you?"
Zhou Zhenglian snorted coldly and ignored her. However, he did not rush into the portal. Instead, he carefully savored the changes around him and the fluctuations in the energy of the portal. He took out a few arm-thick branches from his storage bag.
vines, threw them into the portal, waited for a moment, and when nothing unusual happened, they stepped onto the platform and prepared to leave.
At this moment, something unexpected happened.
The portal flickered for a while, and Zhou Zhenglian's figure froze. Through this short gap, the black stones inlaid around the altar quickly gathered towards Zhou Zhenglian's ankles. Before he could stand firm, the black stones surrounding the altar quickly gathered together.
The noose made of black stone had already fastened him tightly and pulled him straight to a high place. He quickly used his spiritual power to break free, but the black stone was like quicksand, absorbing all the spiritual power he released without any more.
trace.
"What's going on? Quick, save me!" He shouted to himself, but no one could save him at this time.
What a perfidious and reckless guy, he deserves it!
Jiang Feng secretly thought that through the observation of shadow, he already knew the strangeness and danger of the portal. The power of the black stone was indeed strange... It was not afraid of the impact of spiritual power...
What should I do if I'm stuck?
Just as Jiang Feng was thinking about it, he suddenly felt something moving around his ankle. He quickly looked down and saw that several irregular black stones had grabbed hold of his ankle.
not good!
Just as he was about to fly by, the black stones suddenly swarmed up, instantly covering his thighs and going straight to his waist. Before he could scream, the black stones had already torn him apart and plunged into the rubble.
.
I was careless.
While observing, he actually ignored the effective time of "Yungui Medicine Oil". This was Jiang Feng's last remaining thought. Then,
He was swallowed up by the boundless darkness.
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Southeast of Yufeng Sect, Chuigong City.
Ling Feidu had just returned, and before he could take a break and enjoy the leisurely moment of the volcanic hot springs, he called the ancients to Chuanfu and went to the mansion of Zang Tianhai, the lord of Chui Gong City.
He originally looked down on Zang Tianhai, who was from an ordinary family and was not from a wealthy family. Unfortunately, Mu Qianxue's plan needed more support, especially in the early stages, when these wall-riding factions who held real power and controlled the city all
You must find a way to win over to your side.
This is not what he wants.
But he must serve Mu Qianxue for three years. Ling Feidu is a person who must repay his debts and repay his kindness, just like the quality of every monk in the Ling family. This is a family rule that has been passed down to this day. Even if he acts recklessly, this
He still had to abide by the characteristics that were rooted in his blood and did not dare to go beyond them in the slightest.
The affairs in Chui Gong City are just one of many things that he needs to find ways to promote.
Ling Feidu did not go straight to the city lord's palace as usual, but sent a greeting card in a polite manner. The difference from before was that Zang Tianhai, like himself, successfully survived Stormrage Canyon. This visit should be
There are some common themes.
The two met in the back garden of the city lord's mansion.
Contrary to Ling Feidu's expectation, the garden of the City Lord's Mansion has been slightly repaired and a lot of artificially carved scenery has been added. This is obviously different from Zang Tianhai's previous style.
"City Lord Zang, coming out of the canyon, it seems that you have had an epiphany and started to like these delicate things." Ling Feidu pointed out something in his mind. Although he disdained to be with them, in order to make friends, he could only lower his body.
"I still have a few craftsmen in my house. If the city lord doesn't give up, how about sending them to help you tidy up the courtyard?"
"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Thank you very much, Mr. Ling." Zang Tianhai smiled and exchanged greetings for a moment, then asked: "I wonder if there is anything that Mr. Ling needs to do during this trip?"
"There is indeed something that I need your help in coordinating. There are a few friends who want to open a cave near the Earth Fire Spirit Vein in Taimu Mountain, and they need your guarantee."
"I wonder how many are there specifically?"
"Not many, twenty." Ling Feidu said the number, and said against his will that it was not many. In fact, with the scale of the second-level earth fire spirit vein here, it can only open up to forty caves.
.
"This... is not a big problem." Zang Tianhai didn't seem to care, which surprised Ling Feidu. To open such a number of caves at one time, Zang Tianhai would definitely need to submit a report to the sect and give a suitable reason.
Did he agree so hastily and come up with a countermeasure so quickly?
"One more thing, the wood spar mine requires a mining license. Please ask City Master Zang to be accommodating. Although the mining rights sect may not accept it, we are on the border and have our own workarounds. Everything will follow the old rules.
,how?"
"Let's do this," Zang Tianhai finally showed a slightly embarrassed expression and hesitated for a moment, "Young Master Ling, you and I have just returned from Stormrage Canyon. We should rest for a few days before dealing with such mundane matters. There is no need for you to personally intervene in these matters.
"Fellow Taoist Ancient Daoist is here today, how about I just let him assist my subordinates in handling it together?"
"That's very good." Ling Feidu looked at Gu Chuanfu, but the other party frowned slightly, as if he was in trouble.
"City Master Zang, it's better not to expand the scope of knowledge about this matter. There are always some idle people in the sect, just for fear of keeping the world in chaos. It would be troublesome if they were mistakenly hurt by slander." Gu Chuanfu reminded kindly.
"That's natural, that's natural." Zang Tianhai looked a little flustered, "How about you two go back first, let me think about it for a few days, then find the right person to visit my house, and then quickly push this matter forward?"
"That's fine." Gu Chuanfu was quite satisfied with the result and signaled to Young Master Ling. The two of them said goodbye, then left the city lord's mansion and flew towards their own mansion together.
"Master Ling, this City Lord Zang seems to be absent-minded." Gu Chuanfu observed carefully and expressed his hidden worries.
"Hmm? Is there any?"
Ling Feidu, who never took care of general affairs, naturally didn't notice these details. He only knew that the other party gave him a lot of face, and these two things were not easy to do, so he didn't care about it.
Reminder, he thought about it for a moment and felt something special.
"The aura on his body felt a bit familiar. It seemed that I had never experienced it before." After returning to the house, Ling Feidu finally realized the reason why he felt special. Something seemed wrong about this matter.
Seeing the figures of Ling Feidu and his servant gradually disappearing, the Lord of Chui Gong City, Zang Tianhai, breathed a long sigh of relief, immediately dismissed all the waiters, and stayed alone in the back garden.
"This fake city lord doesn't seem to be easy to take on. I'm really confused about the procedures for these two things."
"It's impossible to run away. Although the treasury of this city lord's palace is empty, the resources guarding the spiritual veins and mines are still abundant, many times better than those of Hanshan Sect and Qianshan Sect. You and I want to restore our former glory.
Light, these things are necessary. Times have changed. It is no longer time to just absorb a few of the same race into your body and do whatever you want."
"There are too few monks available in this place. There are only two profound level and six spiritual level. I don't know who he trusted most during his lifetime."
"Why do you think Ling Feidu needs so many caves? And why does he need to mine the wood spar mine? Is he so short of money? I looked through the official documents and he should have a good background."
"You said raising private soldiers? He wants to rebel? Doesn't that conflict with us?"
"Don't think I'm verbose, isn't this just an analysis? Then tell me, there are so many things to do now, where is the most reliable place to start? We haven't taken care of these chores for a thousand years, forget it, I'll keep reading.
Let’s check the past official documents to find out the situation.”
"It's really a big headache. It would be great if you could look at these crappy things with me."
…………
When Jiang Feng woke up, he was confused to find darkness in front of him. He closed his eyes and meditated for a moment before sharing the shadow's vision again and seeing clearly where he was.
This is where Shadow's last inspection was. Like Yan Shujia, his whole body is now covered in black stone flakes. Those stone flakes are embedded in his skin, constantly sucking blood and escaping spiritual power, which makes his whole body weak.
With a trace of strength and remaining energy, he could barely maintain his consciousness.
Tianli Sect monk Zhou Zhenglian was also by his side. Jiang Feng, who had witnessed his abnormal defense, carefully checked his condition and found that he had been almost penetrated by the black stone and was about to die soon.
The treatment is slightly different.
As he was thinking about it, the black stone on his body seemed to have loosened a little. He was about to struggle when he saw a blurry figure in front of him. This figure was made of gray mist. The upper body was slightly solid, while the lower body was empty and dull.
Almost shapeless.
"Tell me, where does this shadow of yours come from?" Gray fog's head gradually revealed its features. Although it didn't have any normal blood color or skin, it had all the facial features.
"Huh? Who's talking?"
Jiang Feng deliberately pretended not to be able to see the other party, broke away from the trouble of the gravel on his neck, and tried to look around blankly. The other party asked about the shadow, and it seemed that he was already aware of the shadow's existence.
"Boy," the voice sounded again in the gray fog. As he spoke, a pale light suddenly flashed on the dark rock wall around him, illuminating the nearby scenery, "Your strange shadow looks familiar to me.
The feeling seems to come from the same source as the person who hurt me. What is the connection between you and those people?"
What does it mean? What is the same origin?
Jiang Feng was confused by the question, and thoughts were flying in his mind, "I don't understand what you mean."
"Um?"
As a question came from the gray mist, the black stones surrounding Jiang Feng penetrated deep into his skin again, reaching all the joints and bones. With just a thought, these black stones could easily crush Jiang Feng.
"Don't try to trick me. Although I don't have soul refining skills, I have a thousand ways to make your life worse than death."
"Who hurt you, I don't understand. I left after entering your Dao Palace." Jiang Feng seemed to have caught a clue from what he just said. He guessed that the person who hurt this gray mist was Yuan Chu.
Perhaps it is the mysterious power that breaks the seal and opens the portal.
"This person." The gray mist changed its shape, and a vague picture formed on its hand that looked like a dead branch. It was Chu Anlan and Qiu Nanjia of the Lingcong Chamber of Commerce. Before Jiang Feng could think about it carefully, that person
The picture changed, and a ball of black air flew out from Qiu Nanjia's hand, rushed to the corner of the picture, and disappeared.
"Your shadow and this black energy give me a similar feeling. Tell them their origins and become my believer, and I can let you live."
"What are the benefits of becoming your believer?"
Jiang Feng asked casually, but in fact he was trying to figure out the connection between the two pictures and what the other party said. Chu Anlan and Qiu Nanjia were nothing. The black aura reminded Jiang Feng of the aura lingering on Xiao Mingbao's red coral appearance.
And when Mo Qiuquan intended to kill himself, he used the black energy in the bottle.
That's "eclipse"!
The so-called "eclipse" of the "True Spirit Saint" clone is what the third disciple Jiang Zhiwen said was the "eclipse" clone that was stolen away by the Spirit Cage Merchant Guild!
Jiang Feng had already thought clearly in his mind that the shadow he used for reconnaissance and retracting freely had also suspected and almost confirmed that it had an inexplicable relationship with the True Spirit Saint. It might also be one of his clones, but it was just one of them.
The connection is not clear.
"You are not qualified to ask or answer me now!"
The voice in the gray mist seemed to have lost its patience. Zhou Zhenglian, a monk from the Tianli Sect next to Jiang Feng, was suddenly cut by countless black stones and turned into pieces of meat with blurred edges and fell to his side.
"This is what happens."
"Okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you," Jiang Feng said quickly, feeling the pressure that was gradually condensing around his body, "I can tell you, but I have a condition."